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Brooklyn Dodgers to win their first World Series...
Brooklyn Dodgers to win their first World Series...
Item # 721790
September 28, 1955
THE NEW YORK TIMES, Sept. 28, 1955
* Opening day of the World Series (day of)
* Brooklyn Dodgers to be World champions
* Finally going to beat New York Yankees
* Major league baseball - Bums no more
* Mickey Mantle and Yogi Berra photos
Near the bottom of the front page has a two column heading: "Yanks' Ford, Dodgers' Newcombe Will Start Subay Series Today" Much much in the sport's section on the opening day of the World Series. The Dodgers would beat the Yankees in game 7 to clinch the World Series.
Complete with all 72 pages, light toning at the margins, generally very nice.
AI notes: The 1955 World Series was a landmark championship in which the Brooklyn Dodgers finally defeated their longtime nemesis, the New York Yankees, capturing the franchise’s first and only title while in Brooklyn. In a tense seven-game series, the Dodgers—led by stars such as Duke Snider, Jackie Robinson, Roy Campanella, Gil Hodges, and pitcher Johnny Podres—overcame a powerhouse Yankees lineup featuring Mickey Mantle, Yogi Berra, Whitey Ford, and Bill Skowron. After falling behind early in the series, Brooklyn rallied, and Podres delivered one of the all-time great pitching performances, winning Games 3 and 7, with the decisive 2–0 shutout in the finale securing his place as the first World Series MVP (an award introduced that year). The victory was celebrated as a cathartic triumph for long-suffering Dodgers fans, ending years of frustration defined by near-misses and the mantra “Wait ’til next year,” and it remains one of the most iconic championships in baseball history.
Category: The 20th Century
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